Samuel Woods

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹⁰¹
Samuel Woods whose parentage and ancestry are unknown, was a member of the train band at Watertown in 1653 and later lived at Cambridge, where he married, 28 Sep 1659. In 1662, he removed to Groton, Mass, where he was one of the original proprietors, owning an 11 acre right. He resided there until the destruction of the town in King Philip's War, March 1676 when he returned to Watertown. In 1677 he signed the agreement, made at Concord, to move back to Groton where he died about Jan. 1717/8. Both he and his wife were born about 1636, per Middlesex Co., court depositions.

Children of Samuel Woods and Alice Rushton:

• Samuel Woods, b, 3 JAN 1660/1 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Thomas Woods, b. 9 Mar 1663 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Elizabeth Woods, b. 17 Sep 1665 in Groton, Middlesex., Massachusetts; m. 1 Dec 1686 Thomas Tarbell; d. 24 Jan 1717
• Nathaniel Woods, b. 25 Mar 1667/68 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Mary Woods, b. 2 Aug 1670 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; m. (1) Eleazer Parker (2) John Nutting, Jr., 3 Jan 1706/07
• Abigail Woods, b. 9 Aug 1672 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; m. (1) Daniel Pierce; m. (2) Samuel Barron
• Anna (Hannah) Woods, b. 18 Sep 1674 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• John Woods b: 4 Mar 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. young

• Grave.

Hollis Street, Groton, Massachusetts

Samuel married Alice Rushton on 28 Sep 1659 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ^101,560,1553 (Alice Rushton was born in 1636 in Groton. Middlesex, Massachusetts,¹⁰¹ died on 17 Apr 1712 in Groton. Middlesex, Massachusetts ¹⁰¹ and was buried in 1712 in Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record. ¹⁵⁵³~ Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the year 1850 Vol. II, Compiled by Thomas Baldwin, p. 340, "Ruston, Alice and Samuel Wood, 28 Sep 1659"